How to innovate…

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practical application of engineering & management

Innovation:

“any new approach to designing, producing ormarketing goods that gives the innovator or hiscompany an advantage over his competitors”

(Oxford Dictionary of Business)

- selling

- distributing

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How to step forward???

Synthesis → practice

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Guide to good practice ininnovation and productdevelopment processes

NWA 1:2009

NSAI

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1. How to innovate for leaders

2. How to innovate for practitioners

3. How to commercialise theinnovation

NWA 1:2009

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practical application of engineering & management

practical application of engineering & management

Step 1 – Investigate opportunities- Gather insights (Who is the customer?)- Field research- Possible tools

- Customer interviews- Observational research- Industry mapping- Brainstorming

- Identify the customers’ pains

Step 2 – Choose opportunities- Analyse insights- Group insights into meaningful clusters- Prioritise customers’ pains!- Communicate

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Step 3 – Generate solutions- Brainstorming

- Open-minded- Uninhibited- Involvement

Step 4 – Choose solutions- Group ideas into clusters- Generate concepts- Evaluate concepts- Prototype solutions

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CommercialisationProcess

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Leadership

Understand Inspire

Recognise Support

100% commitment to full process

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practical application of engineering & management

IterativeCommercialisationProcess

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IterativeCommercialisationProcess

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"Perch" Dynamic Solutions

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Ergonomic school furniture

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Independent scientific testing

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Michael DeenihanLixnaw, Co. Kerry

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Resources- Industrial designers

- Mechanical engineers

- Electronic engineers

- Software engineers

- Enterprise Boards

- Institutes of Technology

- Patent attorneys

- Graphic designers

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practical application of engineering & management

Innovation in the food industry - Distribution

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Just do it!

And keep doing it…